Millrace Kitchen offered students from the C3 center at Neighborworks Blackstone River Valleys the chance to bake their own bread during February break. A group of middle and high school students learned the timeless tradition of bread baking courtesy of King Arthur Flour. This class was facilitated by Woonsocket resident and bread lover Emily Lisker… Read more ⇒
Now Accepting: Summer AmeriCorps VISTA Applicants
NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley Summer of Service AmeriCorps Summer VISTA NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley, a community development corporation serving Northern RI, seeks seven outstanding individuals to provide a summer of service as part of a dynamic team through AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America). Our AmeriCorps VISTA’s will function as a core part of… Read more ⇒
NWBRV Now Recruiting 6 Summer VISTAs
NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley, a community development corporation serving Northern RI, seeks six outstanding individuals to provide a summer of service through AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America). Our AmeriCorps VISTA’s will function as a core part of our staff, devoted to bringing low-income individuals and communities out of poverty. Ideal candidates will have initiative be dedicated… Read more ⇒
Thuy-Diem Nguyen: AmeriCorps VISTA
Thuy-Diem Nguyen recently joined our 2015-2016 NeighborWorks America VISTA team. She will be working in the field of economic development to build the organization’s capacity. About Thuy Thuy studied at the Boston Architectural College her first year of college. Then she transferred and completed her Bachelors in Visual Arts Studies at Roger Williams University (RWU), the… Read more ⇒
Welcoming Cesar Lopez Our Newest AmeriCorps VISTA
Cesar Lopez is a Rhode Island native. Growing up in Providence, he joined the U.S. Army at 18 and served 3 years as an Aviation Operations Specialist. He graduated from basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia; following his AIT training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He served his three years of military service in Joint-Base Lewis-McChord,… Read more ⇒
Using the Community Garden to Save Money & Support Healthy Living
Fresh apple pie, hot apple cider, and crispy apple chips are all a part of the fall season in New England. We wanted to bring a little bit of this into our youth centers. During our last Service Friday project, the AmeriCorps VISTAs worked with our youth program participants to pick apples from the Community Orchard (on… Read more ⇒
Cyndra Kohfeldt Joins our Vista Team
Cyndra Kohfeldt joined our Blackstone River Valley NeighborWorks (NWBRV) VISTA team with the goal of impacting financial literacy through marketing and communications capacity building. More about Cyndra She graduated from UCF with a B.S. in psychology. At UCF she was a rower on the NCAA Division 1 rowing team, she participated in student council, and… Read more ⇒
911 Day of Service
Many people who work for nonprofits have an extremely idealistic attitude. We simply get inspired by making the world a better place. As we settle into our work routine, it’s easy to get lost in the necessary day-to-day tasks that make our nonprofit run. NWBRV Service Fridays get us out and active in our community…. Read more ⇒
